2025 was a big year for us: @semble.so went from concept to working product, with 150 users in 2 months, a public API, and the wonderful atproto community already helping us build into the Atmosphere. We also co-launched @atproto.science and @cairos.network. Here's our year in review and what's next

Learn about #preprints & accelerating #OpenAccess to research in our story featuring HHMI, Gates & Astera. @hhmi-science.bsky.social, @madubs.bsky.social, @gatesfoundation.bsky.social, @openaccessmaven.bsky.social, @asterainstitute.bsky.social, @pracheeac.bsky.social sparcopen.org/impact-story...

New #NIH prize competition to identify areas of biomedical science that can benefit from replication and to recognize past replication efforts to further promote the importance of research replication: www.challenge.gov?challenge=re... Submission deadline is in one month!

Very much enjoyed last week's meeting in Cambridge about the Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model for scholarly publishing. There were lots of highly inspiring discussions, including an important discussion about strengthening coordination between initiatives in this area. asapbio.org/reimagining-...

As 2025 draws to a close, we pause to reflect, and consider what's ahead for Open Science in the new year. #openaccess #openscience #openresearch bit.ly/455FeGu

@scietyhq.bsky.social is bringing scholarly discussion to the open social web! Through NLnet-funded work w/Bonfire, we’re linking preprint discovery & federated platforms like Mastodon & Bluesky. Bonfire v1 is live & crowdfunding: indiegogo.com/en/projects/... Community-first, ad-free #OpenSource

Nature Sci Rep publishes incoherent AI slop. eLife publishes a paper which the reviewers didn't agree with, making all the comments and responses public with thoughtful commentary. One of these journals got delisted by Web of Science for quality concerns from not doing peer review. Guess which one?

Building trust, building together: In San Diego @continuous.foundation & openRxiv hosted a workshop bringing together developers of scientific communications tools. Implementation focused, and most importantly we got to work together. Learn more: articles.continuousfoundation.org/articles/sci...

I am really proud that eLife have published this paper. It is a very nice paper, but you need to also read the reviews to understand why! 1/n

From Tools to Adoption: A Path to Modular and Interactive Scientific Publishing | ICOR https://incentivizingopen.org/2025/11/from-tools-to-adoption-a-path-to-modular-and-interactive-scientific-publishing/

🎈 Time flies! Exactly one year ago today @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @aimosinc.bsky.social launched MetaROR, a platform to publish metaresearch through the publish-review-curate approach. Over the course of the year, we published 28 articles reviewed by 59 different reviewers. [1/3]

Join us for the @icoropen.bsky.social webinar recapping the meeting, ‘From Tools to Adoption: A Path to Modular & Interactive Scientific Publishing’. Come find out how we could potentially pivot from the PDF & print based publishing... Registration details: incentivizingopen.org/2025/11/from...

📣 NEW PUBLIC WEBINAR: From Tools to Adoption: A Path to Modular and Interactive Scientific Publishing 📅 December 1st | 8 AM PDT / 11 AM EDT / 4PM GMT / 5PM CET Learn the outcomes from a recent meeting that focused on laying the foundation for machine-readable research publishing. Schedule:

Sciety is bridging preprints and open social networks. Our latest integration with #Bonfire enables you to start a discussion on Sciety and federate anywhere; meeting researchers wherever they already are. blog.sciety.org/bridging-pre... #Fediverse #ActivityPub #NLnet

We are delighted to see the growth of the ‘Publish, Review, Curate’ (PRC) initiatives in recent years!🚀 Today, we would like to spotlight Biophysics Colab @biophysicscolab.bsky.social, an international organization working to improve how original research is evaluated in biophysics buff.ly/jg42kfk

RoRI's MATTHEW project has a new reviewed preprint in @elife.bsky.social, studying the Matthew effect and early-career setbacks in research funding across 14 programmes and 6 funders ⬇️

We just posted an impact story on policies at HHMI, Gates & Astera promoting #OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenData. Powerful signals to other funders to accelerate discovery in science. Well done @madubs.bsky.social @openaccessmaven.bsky.social @pracheeac.bsky.social! sparcopen.org/impact-story...

Navigating the ever-growing number of #OpenResearch projects is tough. It's easy for projects to fly under the radar. Good news! We just launched ICOR's Open Research Beacon (ORB)- the searchable, central hub for the global open research movement! 1/2

True transformation in publishing requires a robust and flexible infrastructure behind the scenes. Our technology arm builds, integrates and services #OpenSource technologies and infrastructure, collaborating with the wider #OpenScience community.

"For too long, we have outsourced how we define prestige to the indexers and specifically the impact factor. This has created a system in which the need to get published in prestigious journals creates bad incentives for authors to inflate their findings to tell a good story."

Publish, Review, Curate: Turning scholarly publishing on its head – COAR https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/publish-review-curate-turning-scholarly-publishing-on-its-head/

We believe preprints and open peer review are central to reducing publishing expenses. 💰📝 We have crafted a response to NIH Request for Information on “Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs,” where you can learn about the details of our recommendations. buff.ly/v9I0i9v

Rapid Science, Stratos, and ICOR response to the NIH RFI on publishing costs. "It is only through convergence of ideas and collective action that we will achieve a dynamic paradigm that will accelerate the benefits of our collective investment in science." incentivizingopen.org/2025/09/rapi...

Good metadata makes research more discoverable, connected, and useful. Our Head of Production Operations, Frederick Atherden, talks with Crossref about the metadata practices that won us the Crossref Metadata Award earlier this year. 👇

My new website is live! After nearly 20 years supporting communities, leaders & organisations, I now offer direct support to build stronger communities, nurture leadership & embed wellbeing. Let’s connect if this resonates. globaltapestryconsulting.co.uk #CommunityEngagement #Leadership

Passionate about driving positive change in science communication? We need your guidance! asapbio.org/asapbio-seek... @asapbio.bsky.social @katiecorker.bsky.social @iaincheeseman.bsky.social @ludowaltman.bsky.social

Please help us welcome @schmidtsciences.bsky.social as the newest ORFG supporting member! 🎉https://www.orfg.org/news/2025/8/4/schmidt-sciences-joins-orfg #openscience #philanthropy #openresearch #opendata #sciencefunding

“Journals and peer review are unlikely to change for the better if the companies that operate scientific indexes and citation databases continue to stifle innovation.” Read our guest post in DORA: buff.ly/EGDbskH

The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure 2.0 has been revised by the posse and is open for comment until the end of August. Thoughts and comments welcome. openscholarlyinfrastructure.org

Now up in the #ISMBECCB2025 publishing track @mmmarksman.bsky.social is telling us about the @elife.bsky.social Publish Review Curate model. Our sister @gigabytejournal.bsky.social is grateful for their @scietyhq.bsky.social infrastructure to allow linking of their reviews to preprints

It's launch day for the Preprint Policy Framework! See - asapbio.org/preprint-pol... Learn more: asapbio.org/announcing-t...

Why link preprints and their peer reviews? Read this post from Kathleen Shearer (COAR @coar-repositories.bsky.social): coar-repositories.org/news-updates...

Like the parable of the elephant in the dark, those of us working #scholcomms point to different issues depending on our role and what parts of the system we touch. What happens if we turn on lights and examine the complete picture? strategiesos.org/systematic-p... #openscience #openresearch

We’ve arrived here, and just in time for #Metascience2025. For those who don’t know us, our goals are to collect data on the impact of open research policies and practices and connect open research to improved collaboration and outcomes. Say hi to @mmmarksman.bsky.social in London to find out more!

Check out our new website for eLife’s open technology. It showcases the work we are doing to provide essential ‘plumbing’ for open science publishing. Our mission is to also work with others to build an open ecosystem as a viable alternative to the status quo. elifetechnology.org

Great to see the Practical Guide for #ResearchAssessment for RPOs. I hope it provides the impetus for concrete implementation of better research practices. RRA is vital for publishing innovation to thrive so it’s crucial that signatories of DORA are supported to take the next steps & make it happen.

Now with the celebratory video and energetic music our launch asks for! 🥳 As we previously shared, the Guide reflects the hard work of many contributors - thank you to all involved! It will be launched by fab speakers in panels with Chairs Kelly Cobey, @ginnybarbour.bsky.social & @rnls.bsky.social

Preprint peer evaluation already happens here. In posts and in replies. But it’s disconnected from the scholarly record and how science gets credited. With support from NLnet, Sciety is working to recognise the crucial act of community curation 📝 blog.sciety.org/sciety-secur...

🎙️ How can academic publishing keep up with the internet era? Damian Pattinson joins Epistemicast to discuss the rise of preprints and how they laid the groundwork for the Publish Review Curate (PRC) model for publishing.

We're recruiting a new Head of Data Publishing. If you're passionate about open science and research data – and know all about publishing operations – take a look: bit.ly/4jhQ4xJ

I just published a blog post arguing that the reform movements for research assessment and scientific publishing need to better align their agendas. This is crucial for the success of both movements. www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/ass... @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social

The truth is that the scientific process is horribly inefficient and wasteful. But the solution is NOT cutting funds and it’s NOT top down guidance of what should be studied. Instead, we should revolutionize how we publish and improve peer review.

Don’t forget your spot at the next ICOR meeting on 27th February focused on new paradigms in research communication. Speakers and perspectives from @gallseeker.bsky.social, @madubs.bsky.social, @katiecorker.bsky.social, Veronique Kiermer and Geoffrey Boulton. incentivizingopen.org/2025/02/the-...

I wrote a thing for @thetransmitter.bsky.social. The attack on scientific infrastructure happening in the US shows that relying on any one country is not a good option for science. We need to start supporting and building international, decentralised infrastructure for science.

🔍 How can we improve the way research is reviewed and curated? In a recent article for Katina Magazine, Moumita Koley speaks with RoRI's André Brasil about the challenges of traditional peer review, and how our open review platform MetaROR is driving change: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

1/ Meet the five new members of the eLife Board of Directors 👇 Today, we welcome Dinesh Natesan, Kamran Naim, Fiona Watt, Huda Zoghbi and Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan 🎉 https://buff.ly/4hIvlD7

Our paper is now in the shape of a reviewed preprint on eLife @elife.bsky.social, with the reviewers' comments on full display. We plan to address these in the upcoming weeks/months, but so far I'm a big fan of this publishing model! elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Join us for the next ICOR meeting. It will be a continuation of the “Future of Open Science Publishing” workshop, a precursor to a broader community discussion around a research communication system centred around open and collaborative practices. Register here: incentivizingopen.org/2025/02/the-...

Thrilled to welcome @behrenstimb.bsky.social as our new Editor-in-Chief! Tim's passion for the PRC model and talent for inspiring others makes him a perfect fit to lead real change in the way research is reviewed and communicated. elifesciences.org/for-the-pres...

Timely piece on bibliographic databases hindering publishing innovation. These databases have evolved into the defacto arbiters for evaluation and discovery and IMO have a duty to work with new publishing models and context that helps readers consume content upstream.force11.org/criteria-for...